Trimming.



PATENTED-MAR. 17, 1903.

H. TILOOMIS.

TRIMMING. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1902.

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UNITED STATES A PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY T. LOOMIS, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO FRANK & LAMBERT, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., AFIRM.

TRIMMING.

SP' GIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,996, dated March17, 1903. Application filed August 7, 1902. Serial No. 118,692. Nspecimens.)

To etZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known thatI, HARRY T. Looms, residing at New York, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in Trimming, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

to This invention relates to a trimming, and especially to a trimmingadapted for use in connection with casket-linings. It is, however,capable of use in a variety of relations.

The object of the invention is to improve :5 the appearance of thefabric or trimming, to reduce the cost thereof, and. particularly toaccomplish a saving of material.

The invention consists in the trimming, which will be hereinafter morefully described and the novel features thereof pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a strip of fabricpartially marked out preparatory to the making of a trimming 2 5therefrom and with a pattern-strip, by the aid of which the marking isdone, shown placed on such strip at one end thereof. Fig. 2 is a faceview of a strip of trimming made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 3is a sectional view thereof, showing the way in which the fabric isdepressed and elevated at successive points. Fig. 4: is a view of theback of the strip, showing various stages in the stitching or drawingtogether of the cloth affor the fabric has been marked out accordingtothe pattern. Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modifications of pattern-stripsor patterns for marking out the fabric.

Similar reference characters refer to simi- 0 lar parts throughout theseveral views.

The trimming and method of making the same, as set forth herein, are soclosely related that a description of one necessarily involves theother.

5 Referring first especially to Figs. 1 and 4, A represents a strip offabric of any desired material. As shown at the left hand of Fig. 1,this fabric is marked out so as to present a pattern or outline composedof a plurality of groups or sets of points, thepoints in each groupbeing marked, respectively, 1, 2, and

3 and the groups being arranged one on each side of a square orrectangular figure, successive squares being arranged in line with eachother and alternating with successive open places. As shown in thesefigures, these successive lines or squares ru'n diagonally of thetrimming. The marking of the fabric in this way may be accomplished bysuperimposing on the fabric a pattern-strip, as B, which hasperforations therein arranged according to the desired pattern. The.fabric may thus be conveniently marked by passing a pencil through theperforations. It will be obvious, however, that many other ways of mark05 ing the fabric may be employed, and the pat- ,tern-strip B is shownonly as a convenient means for accomplishing suchfmarking and in orderto illustrate clearly a preferable pattern or outline.

After the fabric has been marked out, as

shown in Fig. 1, it is pulled or drawn together at various points, asindicated by the pattern,

preferably by stitching, as shown in Fig. 4.

When the fabric is patterned, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, this drawingtogetheris done by stitching the fabric at the point 3 up to the point 2and the fabric from 1 likewise up to the point 2 at each of the variousgroups or sets of points. Part of Fig. 4 is shown before the stitchingordrawing up of the fabric is begun. A part to the right of'this is shownwith the cloth drawnup from the point 3 to the point 2 at each group,and an outside part still farther to the right is shown with the clothdrawn up from the point 1 to the point 2 of each group. The lower halfof this figure shows the back of the fabric as it appears when thestitching operation has been completed by drawing the outside points to0 the center one at each of the groups. Fig. 2 shows the result of thisoperation as it affects the face of the trimming. Whether looked at fromthe face or the rear the result of drawing the cloth together, accordingto the determined outline, consisting of a plurality of groups ofpoints, as set forth, is to depress the cloth in substantiallyrectangular figures along one diagonal line and elevate the cloth insubstantially rectangular figures along a ro: second diagonal line.While the back of the trimming, as shown in Fig. 4, is indicated ascomparatively regular in outline, it will be obvious that in thepractical carrying out of the invention the lines will be irregular andthe various elevations and depressions or divisions of the trimmingvaried somewhat in outline, as is shown by Fig. 2. This is the desiredeffect, and the extent to which it is carried may be varied by the carethat is taken with the stitching and by the closeness with which thepoints 1, 2, and 3 are brought together. 1

The elfect of drawing the cloth together, as by stitching 3 to 2 of eachof a plurality of patterned groups, as indicated, is to fold, gather, ordraw together the cloth at these points, and this folding or gatheringwill extend a greater or less distance from said points into thesurrounding fabric, depending upon the manner in which the work is done,as will be readily apparent. It does not appear that it is'uecessary todescribe further the condition of the fabric at such points after it hasbeen stitched, inasmuch as such condition obviously is capable ofsomewhat extended variation and in practical operation must necessarilyvery somewhat. It is sufficient to state that this stitching operationgives the honeycombed eifect, or an eifect wherein the cloth isalternately depressed and elevated in asubstantially regular manner inaccordance with the pattern.

In Fig. 5 is shown a pattern-strip O, which is marked out, preferably byperforations, as shown, into a plurality of groups or points arranged onthe sides of squares, the squares being arranged on lines at rightangles to the pattern-strip and each group consisting of two adjacentpoints.

Fig. 6 shows a pattern -strip D, which is similar to the pattern-strip Bof Fig. 1, save that the figures follow lines at right angles to thepattern-strip instead ofdiagonallythereto, as in Fig. 1. Othermodifications which will fall within the general invention will bereadily suggested.

This trimming is distinguished from trimmings known in the art by thefact that the cloth is drawn together not by means of lines or flutesextending the length or width of the trimmings, but at a plurality ofgroups of points, each group consisting of two or more adjacent points.For this reason only a com parati-vely small amount of cloth is used upin the drawing or stitching operation, and the method of producing thetrimming is a very economical one, while at the same time the appearanceof the trimming formed is very attractive.

While I have described the trimming and the method of making the same aspracticed with the aid of a pattern-stripor pattern which is used formarking out the cloth preliminary to drawing or stitching it together atthe desired points, it will be obvious that the invention is notnecessarily limited thereto. As a matter of convenience, economy, andspeed it will be preferable that the trimming be made in this way inorder that one workman might mark out a quantity of the fabric, whichcould then he stitched together by comparatively inexperienced and unskilled operators. It would be obvious, however, that the trimming wouldbe produced and the method fully carried out if the fabric were stitchedand drawn together without being previously marked out, but inaccordance with the predetermined pattern, which in this case wouldexist only in the mind of the operator. The pattern in this case wouldbe .mentally laid out and the method would be essentially the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a trimming which comprises a fabrichaving portions of it gathered together and secured by stitching at eachof a plurality of groups of points oppositely arranged on the outline ofa closed figure, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a trimming which comprises a fabrichaving portions of it gathered together and secured by stitching at eachof a plurality of groups of points oppositely arranged on the outline ofa rectangle, as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY T. LOOMIS.

WVitnesses:

MINNIE Roos, MARGARET KOEHLER.

